IMSA News: “Officiating error” caused premature Rolex 24 end

Organizers of the IMSA SportsCar Championship have admitted they made a mistake in ending the Rolex 24 at Daytona too soon on Sunday afternoon.

The overall race leader Nasr was shown the checkered flag with 1m35.277s of the 24 hours remaining.

This flag always ends the race, regardless of if it’s been shown in error. Nasr’s winning margin over Blomqvist was 2.112s.